Confred's Workshop: X-Men Unique Squad!!

[Confred]

TMNT and Master Splinter (600) vs. The Marro Hive, Tul-Bak-Ra, Ne-Gok-Sa, Marro Stingers x2, and Marro Drudge x2 (600)
Location: Embattled Fen
Changes Tested:
Master Splinter doesn't give a +1/+1 bonus
Master Splinter controls 2 Ninjas
Leonardo free-moves any friendly figure
Point values Remain
Master Splinter ingrains teamwork into the Turtles, but it isn't a perfect process. With controlling only two figures per marker, the mutants have to learn to coordinate and work as a team. Fearless Leader should become more appropriate and sync with its desired function.

Round 1: Crossroads

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The Hive is positioned at the forefront to maximize its influence range, so it is a big target. The quickest route to it is possibly on the left, but that is rife with terrain disadvantages. Thus the turtles hope to utilize the parapets on the right for cover and movement bonuses. The Marro, well their plan is to swarm, swarm, swarm.
t1: Turtles win the initiative. Splinter's limit of 2 turns versus 4 immediately comes into effect as I try and figure out what to do. The parapets block Leonardo's LOS so he doesn't advance fully. The rest move in behind him. Fearless Leader is more important now. Michelangelo is the furthest behind and advances his full move.
The Stingers advance.
t2: Leonardo cannot take full advantage of his leadership due to LOS so Michelangelo advances to engage 2x Stingers and fails to Taunt(7) a third. He attempts a Whirlwind Special Attack, at the newly nerfed 2 dice and it feels right even though the aliens fully defend. Raphael runs up to cover the leadership distance falling two shy of engagement and fails his Frenzy(9).
The Stingers illegally advance and attack with 4, but it isn't caught. The Drain fails, but not critically. Michelangelo (3/4).
t3: Leonardo charges a Stinger adjacent to Michelangelo, Marro Stingers (5/6), shifts Mikey two spaces around engagement, and free-moves Raphael up to engagement. Leonardo is no longer engaged. Michelangelo is adjacent to two Stingers, one with height disadvantage. He fails to Taunt(9) a third and then Whirlwinds; Marro Stingers (4/6).
The Stingers can now all three attack Michelangelo, an already damaged Hero and multi-attacking threat, or attack Leonardo to knock out valuable movement synergy and protection shield. Since Donatello remains left behind, unable to be Leader'ed around and unwilling to take away a valuable OM, They charge up and target the prankster for the kill shot.
With power settings at 17, the first Stinger rolls 4 skulls against Mikey's 1 shield. Michelangelo dies(0/4). The remaining two change their aim at Leonardo and he dodges each.
A Stinger Rebirths(20). Marro Stingers (5/6)

Round 2: Second Blood

Spoiler Alert!

Turtles win initiative.
t1: Donatello snags the first turn and advances his 5-1+3. Leonardo engages and continues his trend of 1kill per turn, Marro Stingers (4/6), Raphael moves 2 to engage a height disadvantaged Stinger, and Donatello moves to influence both turtlemates.
The recently spawned Stinger climbs a hill across from the embattled fortress platform with clear sight on Leo, the height disadvantaged Stinger shifts engagement and climbs around to be equal level to Raphael. They opt not to drain. Leonardo (3/4). 3 Skulls are rolled against Raphael. Leonardo eyes the situation and doesn't protect his comrade (4). Raphael (3/5). The Turtles are swarmed and regret this route of progression. The Stingers stay in the mead hall (3).
t2: Raphael whiffs, slays Marro Stingers (3/6), and then fails his Frenzy (13+1). Leo continues his routine and clears the area; Marro Stingers (2/6). Raphael free-moves down a step and into engagement. Donatello creeps up, clutching his wilted pompoms.
The Hivemind considers using just the two Stingers, but opt for closing a defensive barrier+additional attacks with the Drudge. 3 move up to the parapets, peek in, and 3 miss Leonardo. A Stinger Rebirths (19). Marro Stingers (3/6)
Donatello is worthless when there are only two turns to give out. But he bides his time just in case something opens up and this is proven wrong.
The Hive Must be taken out; The Turtles just cannot take this kind of attrition.
t3: Donatello makes a bold move and jumps into the swamp and runs left engaging two. The idea was two attack the Stinger with 4vs3+1 and leave the Drudge engaged and within Protect range. But this is forgotten and he crushes the Drudge into paste. Marro Drudge (5/6). Raphael whiffs, is parried, and fails his Frenzy (4).
The engaged Stinger shuffles and climbs to engage Leo while maintaining melee' with Raphael. The spawned Stinger peeks through a Parapet hole. The third leers down at Donatello. Drain fails, but not critically (6). Leonardo (2/4). The Hive queefs (12).

Round 3: Uphill Battle

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The Hive wins initiative
t1: The Stingers remain in place. Leonardo defends against two attacks and Donatello doesn't. Donatello (3/4)
Leonardo eviscerates his Marro Stinger (2/6), inspires Raphael into engagement and Donatello to height equilibrium. Raphael kills one Marro Drudge (4/6), Frenzies (18!), advances one space, and Marro Drudge (3/6)
The Turtles feel as if they are at the disadvantage but the battle can still go either way. With that said, the power level of the Hero Squad has significantly dropped. I am starting to believe I want the old power back at an acceptable cost increase.
t2: The Drudge make a MASSIVE oversight by assuming Leo cannot see them since they cannot see him. He Protects (17) Raphael; Marro Drudge (2/6). The Hive frantically attacks Leo but misses and then Rebirths (19) a Marro Stinger (3/6).
Donatello intends to kill his stinger and then free-move to Hive engagement but whiffs and stays put. Leo fights back the attrition instead of focusing on The Hive. Marro Stinger (2/6).
t3: The Stingers don't risk a Drain with only two remaining. Donatello (2/4); Leonardo (1/4). Rebirth (1).
Raphael kills his Marro Drudge (1/6) and fails his Frenzy by 1! - Donatello is one space out of range and the parapet blocks LOS anyway. The Stinger valiantly defends against Leonardo's 3Skull attack and his killing spree ends. Raphael free-moves into engagement with The Hive.
I'm a fan of "Fearless Leader", but I don't like that it cannot cleanly be turned into a verb - leader'ed doesn't sound right.

Round 4: Pale Green Knuckles

Spoiler Alert!

Turtles roll 19
The Hive rolls 20.
t1: The Stingers fail to wound Donatello but Leonardo dies (-1/4). The Hive misses its attack and rebirth.
Donatello squashes his Marro Stinger (1/6)
I am entertained by how much of a nuisance Donatello is. He is typically free-moved into engagement where he holds out for long periods of time with his Defense 5. I wish his abilities were worth a squat.
Raphael attacks for 1skull vs 1shield and then again at 2skulls vs 2shields and fails Frenzy (6).
t2: The solitary unengaged Stinger withdraws to maximum range and fires at Raphael but misses. The Hive whiffs both its attack and its Rebirth (3).
Donatello engages The Hive and the last remaining Drudge and smacks The Hive Hard for a 4skull vs 3skull attack. The Hive (2/6). Raphael is held off, The Hive (1/6), and fails Frenzy (6).
t3: Ne-Gok-Sa engages Raphael and rolls a 7-so-close-to-20 for Mindshackle and hacks him down instead. Raphael dies (0/5)
Donatello pounds into the Warlord; Ne-Gok-Sa (4/6)

Round 5: Familiar End

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The Hive wins initiative
t1: Ne-Gok-Sa rolls a 17 and then slices into Donatello (1/4)
Donatello whiffs
t2: Ne-Gok-Sa 10's then has his 3skull attack defended and gets his skull crushed in. Ne-Gok-Sa dies (0/6) I like how Donatello hits hard but slow and defends well.
t3: The Marro Stinger sneaked around to the fortress end and fires at height advantage, but is blocked. The Hive misses its attack but Rebirths (16) a Marro Stinger (2/6)
Donatello doesn't let the noose tighten too hard, The Marro Hive dies (0/6)
ps: Donatello has killed near double his points.

Round 6: Against Hope

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With 1 wound remaining, Donatello faces the round engaged 2x and faces amongst others two Stingers, one of which has height.
The Marro win initiative by 10
t1: The Marro on equal height rolls 3 skulls and Donatello cannot defend.
Donatello dies (-2/4).
Master Splinter runs to the parapet for cover.
t2: The Stingers advance
Master Splinter considers the Glyph of Wounding, but it is within range of a Stinger with height advantage. With Defense 3 and Life 3 he doesn't like the prospect of a 4skull attack after standing on the wounding glyph.
I've confused the Glyph of Wannok with Mitonsoul this whole game - things would have been a lot different.
Instead, Master Splinter attempts to lure the Stinger out by moving far west.
t3: Instead Tul-Bak-Ra casts his own lure and teleports 10 spaces.
Splinter takes the bait and runs through the swamp 7 spaces and inflicts 2 wounds, summoning 2 Stingers. Tul-Bak-Ra (4/6)

Round 7: Bitter End

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t1: Master Splinter wins initiative and kills one Marro Stinger (1/6).
With nothing to lose the Stinger Drains (19) and Master Splinter (1/3).
t2: Marro Stingers die (0/6)
Tul-Bak-Ra hoped to lure Master Splinter one space over and then swivel around for the height advantage, since it didn't work, he considered porting to the bridge and blasting from there, and he considered simply attacking for 4, but his twisted Marro mind wanted to take advantage of the glyph oversight. He teleports to the glyph, has his blast dodged, and laughs an insidious laugh at the inevitable wound from Wannok.
t3: Master Splinter reflects that he should have attacked TBR instead of the last stinger as he charges the remaining alien hero. His bladed walking staff digs deep, Tul-Bak-Ra (2/6), but not enough to finish the job. Marro Drudge teleport in.
He dodges the final attack
The Glyph glows and reveals a 20; Master Splinter dies (0/3)
The Marro Win:
Tul-Bak-Ra (2/6), Marro Drudge (1/6), The Marro Hive (0/6), Ne-Gok-Sa (0/6), Marro Stingers (0/6+4) {60pts Remaining}
versus
Master Splinter (0/3), Donatello (-2/4), Raphael (0/5), Leonardo (-1/4), Michelangelo (0/4)

After Battle Commentary:
Only controlling Two Ninja feels 'More Correct' and thus will probably stay.
Requires 1-2 more play tests with suggested changes
Requires 1 counter-test with original adjusted-power.
Fearless Leader gains more oomph when all aren't able to move on their own. The turns are less active and more 'official' feeling. The power level is an easy 70pt swing.
Donatello is lackluster but effective
Raphael sucked out this game
The turtles are heavily d20 dependent
Michelangelo is close, passable, but not 100%
It is cool that Master Splinter is such an effective cleanup unit. His Move, Attack, and Small Hit-Zone are excellent. It really feels like he is a Ninja Master. His frailty encourages the player to use him like a ninja, like an assassin. Props.
Conclusion
Ninja Master revision 80% approved and needs further testing to finalize.
Leonardo is 90% approved and needs special power naming revision
Michelangelo is 92% approved
Donatello is 89% approved and requests scrutiny over his "lack-luster" qualities
Raphael is 97% approved and has no outstanding comments.

[Felindar]

Like the work so far. Wile I fell in love with the turtles in the Black and white comic book period I love the work for the TV turtles. Have you come up with minis to use yet. I know the origionals are pricey. however HS dose offer some options for Casy Ariel and a Scaven will work for Splinter. have you seen these.

Ebay Turtle Keychain

The minis are a tad larger, about a head than a standard HS human wich is alot taller than they were in the comics. but they are close and beggers can't be to picky. I picked up all of them when they were on sale at Walmart. Good luck with the customs.

Pete

[Confred]

Due to the lack of appropriate models, I have planned to sculpt my own to match the style of official units. I made some practice models and am confident that I can do it. Using GreyOwl's molding tutorials I could even make copies if others wanted. But that is a long way off.

[Felindar]

Originally Posted by Confred

Due to the lack of appropriate models, I have planned to sculpt my own to match the style of official units. I made some practice models and am confident that I can do it. Using GreyOwl's molding tutorials I could even make copies if others wanted. But that is a long way off.

I wish you luck. I do my own and I know how hard mini sised molds can be. I have many molds of old Out Of Print Games workshop minis. as well as the Trunk leg base combo to use up the extra arm and weapon bits. I have found using the softer rubber and above all making shure there are no spiky or flaired bits to rip up the mold. My Snow trooper molds started to develop an embarising bulge from the gun barels cutting a groove on removal.

Pete

[Griffin]

These playtests are great Confred. I can't wait for you to be done here so you can playtest for C3G more! And now you can earn points for playtesting C3G units which allows you to design with us in A la Carte.

[Confred]

The biggest thing against me playtesting C3G is coming up with armies to properly playtest. I keep getting anxious and then quit.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by Confred

The biggest thing against me playtesting C3G is coming up with armies to properly playtest. I keep getting anxious and then quit.

You can always ask the designer for help building appropriate armies.

[Confred]

Bonus Double Playtest: C3G The Riddler / April O'Neil

April O'Neil

Spoiler Alert!

Human
Unique Hero
Journalist
Determined
Medium 4

Life 3 (4)
Move 5
Range 1
Attack 1
Defense 4 (2)
Points 30

Mutant Sympathy
After you move a Mutant you control, you may move April O’Neil up to 2 spaces. The figure must be within 8 clear sight spaces of April O'Neil prior to her movement.
Reporting 12 (6)
If there is at least one opponent’s figure within 12 (4) clear sight spaces of April O’Neil, add 6 to your initiative rolls.

TMNT, Splinter, & April O'Neil (630) vs. The Riddler, Two-Face, and Street Thugs x5 (645)
Location: Embattled Fen
Splinter can control only two Ninjas
Leonardo can Lead any figure
April at 30pts
April at +6 initiative
April at Attack 1, Defense 2, Life 4
Road Tiles enable Street Bonuses
I wanted to squeeze Lex Luthor in here but the points added up better this way without him.

Round 1: Riddle Me This

Spoiler Alert!

This is a very bad opponent for the Turtles, because under normal circumstances only one figure will ever have OM's.
The Turtles spread their Order Markers across several figures.
Turtles win initiative.
t1: Leonardo reveals OM1 and advances on the paved road 4 spaces so he retains LOS and then moves the other 3 in turn. Even though it hasn't come in effect, I don't like him leading any figure class. April moves 2+2+2+2. She wants to wait until the others move instead of 2 then 2 then 2...; LOS and range restrictions should also be required. It's also odd that spiritually she is following them around and recording their progress, but in actuality she is hightailing it to the objective marker. 12 on Reporting 12 is HUGE. Reporting 12 becomes Reporting 6, with 6 being the variable bonus and the range being a static 4. (Erma can add range to Reporting)
1st OM is on The Riddler 2-3-X is on Street Thugs. I reveal OM3. Splinter loses OM2. The defenselessness of the ability warrants at least 150pt cost I think. Dund is 110 and is packed with restrictions. This one doesn't have range and is targeted. Having the victim choose to remove the OM's could reduce this, but will undoubtedly add an extra sentence of text. I will hold my reserves for now. Regardless, it completely changes the OM placement strategy of the opponent with seemingly very little risk.
t2: Master Splinter spends his turn figuring out the riddle
The Street Thugs activate Two-Face who moves within range of April, flips his coin and lets the Damsel live. The Thugs advance to the streets and are out of range of April.
t3: Michelangelo is eager to Taunt the Thugs and bash some skulls but Leo and Donnie both hold him in check. Donatello instead scouts out ahead, confident his defensive prowess can hold out until the others come. April sympathizes and advances onto the Glyph of Wannok. I still contend there should be a range limit. By the end of this test it will have some value.
Two-Face climbs a hill and lets the girl live again. The Thugs advance and three attack April for 2+1+1 each. She is definitely frail and a questionable choice for holding glyphs. April O'Neil (1/4). Her defense and life values seem off.
End of round (17); Street Thugs (19/20)

Round 2: Criminal Activity, at 6 o'clock

Spoiler Alert!

April is Reporting: 6+6 > 4; Turtles win initiative
t1: Under the guidance of Master Splinter, Leonardo engages a Street Thug (18/20). April gets the f' out of dodge and slogs two spaces through swamp water. Donatello, following Leonardo's leadership, engages another Thug. April climbs onto the embankment. Michelangelo just barely in range of Leo advances to the first step of the bridge. April runs to safety. Raphael cannot engage any Thugs and it isn't time for Two-Face yet, so Michelangelo advances and fails his Taunt (-3). April hugs the parapet wall. April moved a whopping 8 spaces this turn. If there is a Range/LOS restriction, then it will activate less often and afford the +2. Without such restrictions, the advancement should be +1. But this build optimal for her ability and under other mutant armies 1-2 spaces a turn aren't much. Or are they? I like that she isn't a glyph holder and is best near the front lines and behind a friendly wall. Every now and then she might take the risk and run ahead to pickup a juicy scoop, which fits her well. Ninja Master changes to Ninja Guidance
The Riddler riskily moves into engagement, whispers a puzzle into Leo's ear and then Ambushes him for 3+1 dice. Leonardo (3/4). Attack with The Riddler for 4 felt wrong. I am leaning towards Attack 2 base. But I hold my reserves. I do like the OM strategy on The Riddler's part. I wanted to use the Thugs first but the effect becomes weaker.
t2: Leonardo attempts to unmake the riddle
Two-Face claims the Glyph of Wannok, silently puts Donatello in his sights, flips his coin, and then respectfully nods.
Two adjacent Street Thugs attack Leo for 2+1+1, adjacency requirement for Ambush approved, Leonardo (1/4), there are plenty of times I wish Leonardo had 5 life, but I think 4 is correct, the other two miss.
t3: Raphael sprints to April and tells her to stay back. She follows. Raphael seeing her potential danger Frenzies (+3) and engages Two-Face. April starts reporting. Despite the valid defense the flurry of attacks are so fast they Frenzy (+1) into two more strokes. Two-Face (3/4). April finds a better angle on the hill.
Raphael (4/5) is wounded from the infernal glyph.

Round 3: Sash of Bravery, Sash of Honor

Spoiler Alert!

70% approval on +6 initiative. 55% approval on 30 points.
t1: Leonardo decapitates a Street Thug (17/20), clearing a path for Michelangelo to be lead in. Reporting requires 8 clear sight spaces. April hugs the left wall. Raphael, noticing Leo's murderous gaze, shifts his stance and puts himself in range of the Thugs, April hops down. Michelangelo Taunts (+1) a Thug into height disadvantage and removing him from the streets. blank vs. 5 skulls. Michelangelo Whirlwinds and each attack is blocked in turn.
I'm not liking that The Riddler willingly put himself in harm's way. But I suppose with befuddlement he can slip out of notice. I do like using Ambush though. I might have to support the Captain America bonus approach - allowing adjacent figures to use their bonus with ranged attacks also. But I hold my reserves.
The Riddler continues to fill Leonardo's head with poison. Leo reveals X, but the joke is still on him because the Ambush takes his already crappy roll. Leonardo dies (-1/4).
t2: Michelangelo Taunts (+5) The Riddler into height disadvantage. Riddler rolls 1skull versus 5skulls and Michelangelo (3/4). Mikey tightens up and Whirlwinds Street Thugs (16/20), The Riddler (3/4), and Street Thugs (15/20).
Two-Face smiles as the coin finally lets him attack. He misses
A Thug rolls 1 skull against Donatello and my rolls continue to suck; Donatello (3/4). The others miss.
t3: Raphael adjusts to be in range of Donatello's Observations. His attacks continue to seem puny against a higher defense. He fails Frenzy (-1). Donatello's Keen Observations have Never come into effect over a course of 10+ games. Keen Observations adds 2 to rolls.
Two-Face continues to roll below 11.
And Michelangelo rolls the suck. Michelangelo (1/4)
A Thug finds the other street but misses Raphael.
The Glyph of Wannok burns into Two-Face's feet; Two-Face (2/4)

Round 4: 365 vs. 451

Spoiler Alert!

Turtles win initiative 26 to 1.
The Riddler continues to force the spread of Order Markers.
t1: Guided by Master Splinter, Donatello removes a Street Thug (14/20) from Michelangelo's way. April climbs and is behind a parapet. Michelangelo moves up 1 and engages 2 more Thugs. He fails his Taunt (9+2) against The Riddler and attempts to Whirlwind. Two dice are feeble and definitely not as powerful as the original - but I agree with the changes that an Area attack should have a penalty versus a normal attack. And I remember feeling like Whirlwind Assault and attacking for 4 being bad. April moves closer to the Thug near her because she cannot out run him and this way she blocks height equilibrium.
Riddle Me This Michelangelo, removes OM, attacks with +1. Michelangelo dies (-2/4). Riddle Me This + Criminal Ambush is a potent ability. The riddle removes all OM so you cannot even sacrifice a marker to create a shield against the Ambush. Secondly, it felt silly 3 out of 3 times to move adjacent to a figure remove his OM and then 'ambush' him. The riddle part seemed like the ambush and not the attack. By the time the attack was there, the figure already knew it because sweet nothings were whispered in his ear. I suppose then the bonk was a surprise, but Ambush? For thematic reasons I can see Riddle Me This being before the move. For power reasons I hold my reserves.
t2: Donatello shifts engagement to tie up two Thugs and then attacks The Riddler (1/4). The only way to win this is to take out the master mind, but there are so many Thugs left. And I keep rolling terribly.
Two-Face flips a 17 and wounds Raphael (2/5) because I suck at rolling and whiff. He flips a 14 and then flips an 8.
April defends. Donatello (2/4) defends poorly.
t3: Raphael has his barrage blocked and fails Frenzy (10+2). 2 out of 2 times the increased +2 bonus has felt wrong. 90% chance it reverts back.
Two-Face flips a 3 and petitions to stop having his failed flips reported.
April rolls 1 shield against 3 skulls; April O'Neil dies (-1/4) I am liking April. She feels like 30 points. The +6 bonus is nice but not game breaking as I won more than half the times without it. The range 4 keeps her in danger range. Her frailty keeps her from being a block clogging nuisance. Her range of 8 functionally lets her move around like she wants but doesn't feel degenerate when too far out of range or otherwise out of sight. Approval rating: 74%.
The Glyph is gnawing into the turtles. Wounding either Raphael or Donatello will put them within 1 of death. Master Splinter is going to have to clean up and will need every point he can get. Donatello, adjacent to The Riddler is too important. Raphael needs to take out Two-Face Master Splinter (2/3).

Round 5: Clean the Streets

Spoiler Alert!

April wouldn't have mattered as the turtles roll 4 and the criminals roll 20.
Master Splinter has om 1-X, Donatello 2, and Raphael 3.
t1: Even though the immediate target is Donatello, Master Splinter takes a crack at the riddle. Donatello defends.
Master Splinter's eyebrows furrow in contemplation.
t2: Thug1 with height rolls 2+1+1 skulls, Raphael rolls 1 shield and two obscenities. Raphael dies (-1/5) The Thugs are a very good unit. Tourney caliber.
Donatello dies (-1/4). So far every TMNT member has died negative.
t3: Two-Face advances towards Master Splinter. Thug1 takes the glyph. Thugs 2-4 advance towards Splinter.
Master Splinter (1/3)

Round 6: Enigma

Spoiler Alert!

Master Splinter wins initiative.
t1: Master Splinter needs to split up the competition, utilizing his high speed to dart from desired target to desired target. Disengage approved. Before turn 3's end, he has to kill the glyph holder.
Master Splinter runs to the parapet wall for cover and slices Two-Face's throat. Two-Face dies (-2/4)
Master Splinter figures out the riddle. I didn't move The Riddler by accident. Riddle Me This intuitively felt that it should have happened at the beginning and I overlooked that it currently doesn't.
t2: Splinter can go after the Glyph grabber and be return fired with 3 attacks of 4, or he can charge the nearest Troope of 3. Splinter climbs onto the road and assassinates a Street Thug (13/20).
Thug 3-4 regain equal level, Thug1 leaves his glyph and gets LOS from height disadvantage. Splinter defends all attacks. I love, love, love the frantic emotions when down the wire with Splinter. Life 3 approved, Defense 3 approved.
t3: If Splinter doesn't hop down and take out the Glyph-Grabber of Wannok he Will die. But if he does, then he will be looking at least two attacks of 2+1+1.
Splinter stays level and moves to the embattlement, attacking the Thug down from the parapet; Street Thugs (12/20).
Two Thugs move up, three have range. 2skulls. 1shield. Master Splinter dies (0/3)
Winner: The Riddler Gang
The Riddler (1/4), Street Thugs (12/20), & Two-Face (-2/4) {260pts}
versus
Master Splinter (0/3), Donatello (-1/4), Raphael (-1/5), April O'Neil (-1/4), & Michelangelo (-2/4)

The map favored the Criminals
RIDDLE ME THIS is highly effective versus commanded armies
Team TMNT rolled bad on average
The Criminals rolled above average
Two-Face rolled exceptionally bad
RIDDLE ME THIS should trigger before the move
Wanting to CRIMINAL AMBUSH a nonadjacent foe never came into play
RIDDLE ME THIS is a very potent ability and requires point compensation.
Pass The Riddler at 170 points.
Pass April O'Neil at 30 points
I don't like Leonardo Leading non-Ninjas
I don't like Donatello Observing for 2

[Confred]

moved to: http://www.heroscapers.com/community...75#post1156575

[Confred]

I am proud to present you my first Superhero Custom:
Anti-Monitor!


This guy has intrigued me ever since I saw his giant figure years ago. He looked so stupid! But even still, he also seemed like a bad ass.
I forgot about him until I glanced at the C3G and noticed they made their rendition of him. Then I had to check him out. This version is my interpretation of his Wiki entry.

Design Notes
Figure - Heroscape scales unequally. For example, a vehicle wouldn't have Move 16, 30, or 50; it would be much much lower, 9 tops. I believe Height is dealt with the same way. Thus, the giant figure C3G used is off limits in the Coneverse. Plus, this sculpt is much cooler. (I don't have the figure so 14 is what I would want him to be). The mockup is, however, unprofessional and a quick draft.
Abilities - I try to have my customs as cleaned and streamlined as possible. Anti-Monitor condenses down to three major things: Warping universes and its elements, consuming the matter around him, and being durable.
Life - I didn't want him to ever be one-rounded. His original Life of 18 was too close to that possibility and didn't capture the appropriate sense of awe. But I was weary of increasing it further due to my opinions of scaling. 28 is a sweet spot.
Unique Hero - He was originally Epic Hero, meaning you can only have one Epic Hero per army. But that's so boring! and fundamentally not Heroscape. If playing a 10k point game, pull out all the big boys. How Awesome?
Points - I admit, I don't know about this one. This is my first big custom. But I wanted him to at least be 400*5 (Justice League~). Secondly, the higher points convey a certain Epicness without having to create a lame rule as the aforementioned Epic Hero. If you can afford him, go ahead.

[tcglkn]

What happens if I Mind Control your entire army at once? Or roll a 20 with Sharpshooter?

[Confred]

Hah. Never thought of either.
Even though Sharpshooter invoked David and Goliath imagery is cool, both are serious issues.

What if I created a new figure type: Epic Hero?
Epic Heroes have the same rules as Unique Heroes but since they aren't classified as Unique Heroes, cannot be targeted by abilities that only affect Unique Heroes. I can live with not being able to dragon heal or viking spirit